What does it mean to manage nature in our national parks?
In 1972 a young man named Harry Walker was killed by a grizzly bear in Yellowstone National Park. The subsequent wrongful death trial focused on whether the National Park Service had done enough to prevent human interaction with bears.
The story puzzled and fascinated former park ranger Jordan Fisher Smith. In it he found myriad questions of what it means to manage nature.
His latest book is “Engineering Eden: The True Story of a Violent Death, a Trial, and the Fight Over Controlling Nature.” He spoke at The Elliott Bay Book Company on August 17.
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John O'Brien
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John O’Brien is KUOW's All Things Considered Senior Producer. He spends his days setting up interviews with newsmakers on subjects from politics and public health to arts and culture. John learned to make radio starting in 2006 as an intern on KUOW’s The Conversation with Ross Reynolds.
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